Null revisions are stored in the database with rev_len=null
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	P.Copp
	Dec 21 2008, 9:33 PM

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Currently, null revisions created by page protections or moves are stored without specifying a value for the rev_len field, thus it is stored as NULL.
This causes weird bugs like the one shown in the URL above, where the {{PAGESIZE}} parser function don't work correctly.

Version: 1.14.x
Severity: normal
URL: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:P.Copp/temp/Bug16748

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Reference: bz16748

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Mentioned In: T20998: {{PAGESIZE:...}} returns empty string when top revision of page has no associated revision length

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 10:27 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Page-editing.

• bzimport set Reference to bz16748.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

P.Copp created this task.Dec 21 2008, 9:33 PM

Proposed fix: add rev_len field to Revision::newNullEdit()

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bug16748.patch746 BDownload

Patch committed in r44885.

matmarex mentioned this in T20998: {{PAGESIZE:...}} returns empty string when top revision of page has no associated revision length.May 16 2016, 6:06 PM

	F5378: bug16748.patch
	Nov 21 2014, 10:27 PM

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